Dalai Lama

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The Dalai Lama participates in a long life ceremony Thursday in Madison, Wis. Tibetans were performing an elaborate Buddhist ritual to wish the Dalai Lama a long and happy life at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, where thousands of Tibetans now living in the U.S. and Canada have gathered.

The Dalai Lama participates in a long life ceremony Thursday in Madison, Wis. Tibetans were performing an elaborate Buddhist ritual to wish the Dalai Lama a long and happy life at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, where thousands of Tibetans now living in the U.S. and Canada have gathered. (Morry Gash/Associated Press)

The Dalai Lama participates in a long life ceremony Thursday in Madison, Wis. Tibetans were performing an elaborate Buddhist ritual to wish the Dalai Lama a long and happy life at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, where thousands of Tibetans now living in the U.S. and Canada have gathered.